Crossword-Solution: UNIVALVE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Univalve | n. | A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs. |
| Univalve | a. | Alt. of Univalved |
We have 6 clues for the answer “UNIVALVE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Slug or snail, biologically speaking | 1 answer |
| Whelk or snail, e.g. | 1 answer |
| relating to, designating, or possessing a mollusc shell that consists of a single piece (valve) | 1 answer |
| Shellfish having a single shell and a footlike muscle for crawling | 2 answers |
| Type of mollusk | 4 answers |
| gastropod | 16 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who
is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor
of a candidate for office.
Hint 2 anagram
ERCOLET
Hint 3 another clue
A BALLOT CAST BY A VOTER WHO VOTES FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES OF ONE PARTY
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Sentences with UNIVALVE (5)
There was one imported shell that we did not value much, it was so abundant--the freckled univalve they called a "prop." Yet it had a mysterious interest for us little ones.
Although with the Mollusca sexual selection does not seem to have come into play; yet many univalve and bivalve shells, such as volutes, cones, scallops, etc., are beautifully coloured and shaped.
The univalve shells most characteristic of fresh-water deposits are, _Planorbis, Limnæa,_ and _Paludina._ (See Figures.) But to these are occasionally added _Physa, Succinea, Ancylus, Valvata, Melanopsis, Melania, Potamides,_ and _ Neritina_ (see Figures), the four last being usually found in estuaries.
They are all of living species; at least only one univalve, _Paludina lenta,_ has any, and that a very doubtful, claim to be regarded as extinct.
The imbedded shells are chiefly casts, many of them of univalve mollusca, which are usually very rare in the white chalk of Europe.
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Appears in: Newsday.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2009).